Malden, MO – May 8, 2008 - On Saturday, May 10th the O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series (www.uscsracing.com ) Mid-South Thunder winged Outlaw style sprint cars will contest round three of the 2008 Mid-South Thunder Tour when Malden Speedway in Malden, Missouri hosts the series on day-two of the 2nd Annual Bootheel 200. The event will award points towards the O’Reilly USCS Mid South Thunder regional Championship. The O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series main event will pay $2000 to win and it is possible for one driver to collect $2200 by winning the Lucas Oil Power Dash, their qualifying heat race and the 30-lap O’Reilly USCS A-Main event. The main event will additionally pay $300 to the last place finisher.

 

Blue Ridge, Georgia – May 2, 2008 - Twenty-four year-old, T.J. Winegardner from Pierson, Florida  scored a win in the  O’Reilly USCS Outlaw Thunder presented by Lucas Oil victory 30-lap “Shootout at Sugar Creek” sprint car race on Friday night at Sugar Creek Raceway in scenic Blue Ridge, Georgia. Winegardner bested a field of top drivers from seven states including several past series Champions for his career first USCS win.

Harris, NC - Six-time O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series Champion, Terry Gray from Bartlett, Tennessee scored a photo-finish win in the 20-lap O'Reilly United Sprint Car Series presented by Lucas Oil main event on Friday night at Harris Speedway. Gray beat CnB Mushroom Farms fast qualifer Johnny Bridges from Cherryville, North, Carolina to the finish-line by about 18 inches in the $1200 to win preliminary feature race of the "Thunder in Carolina" Round One. The series returns to Harris Speedway on Saturday night for the 30-lap $2000 to win Finale.

Bridges who won last weekend's O'Reilly USCS Aphalt Thunder paved track event at Dillon, South Carolina, set fast time and a new all-time track record of 13.27 seconds around the historic Harris, North Carolina 4/10 mile clay oval. Gray won the Lucas Oil Power Dash earlier in the evening. Brian Smith from Mooresville, North Carolina won the Engler Machine and Tool First Heat Race and T.J. Winegardner from Pierson, Florida collected the victory in the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race. Josh Weller from Mertztown, Pennsylvania garnered the evening's Huggins Cams Hardcharger Award.

Atlanta, GA - The O’Reilly Auto Parts www.oreillyauto.com United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com kicks off the dirt track portion of its 2008 Southern Thunder Tour and 12th anniversary schedule on Friday and Saturday April 25th and 26th with the two-night  O’Reilly USCS “Thunder in the Carolinas” event at the historic Harris Speedway in Harris, North Carolina. Harris Speedway is located in Rutherford County near the Rutherfordton, Forest City and Spindale area in western North Carolina.

The two-day “Thunder in Carolina “ event is loaded with action-packed racing featuring two full nights of winged sprint car racing plus racing in seven of Harris Speedway’s weekly divisions. Friday night’s portion of the event will serve as the kickoff event for the 25 plus race O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Tour regional series. Both nights will award O’Reilly USCS Southern Thunder Championship points. The Saturday night race will additionally award O’Reilly USCS “Outlaw Thunder” Tour and O’Reilly Cup National Championship points.

Dillon, SC - April 19, 2008 – 2004 O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series/ AOAS Champion, Johnny Bridges from  Cherryville, North Carolina won the 35-Lap O’Reilly USCS Asphalt Thunder Tour main event at Dillon Motor Speedway in Dillon, South Carolina on Saturday nBridges started the evening by setting the fastest time trial qualifying lap around high-banked 4/10ths mile paved oval. After winnning the Butlerbuilt Second Heat Race, The win was his third career O’Reilly USCS feature win.

Atlanta, GA - April 4, 2008 - The O’Reilly United Sprint Car Series “Outlaw Thunder” Tour event scheduled this Friday and Saturday nights April 4^th and 5^th at Harris Speedway in Harris, North Carolina has been cancelled and re-scheduled.

Atlanta, GA – The O’Reilly Auto Parts www.oreillyauto.com United Sprint Car Series www.uscsracing.com kicks off the Southern Thunder Tour portion of its 2008 and 12th anniversary schedule on Friday and Saturday April 4th and 5th with the two-night  O’Reilly USCS “Thunder in the Carolinas” event at the historic Harris Speedway in Harris, North Carolina. Harris Speedway is located in Rutherford County near the Rutherfordton, Forest City and Spindale area in western North Carolina.